admin Pencils Up! The Knicks on Broadway
The N.B.A. championship was a win for Mayor Mamdani, but the city’s public-school kids, stuck taking their Regents exams as…
How the Trump Administration Pushed Judges to Deport Children
The D.O.J. has fast-tracked immigration cases for unaccompanied minors and fired judges who appear not to comply. E. Tammy Kim…
Misery Loves Company—If There Are Snacks
Do “Admin Nights” make people more productive or less lonely? Patricia Marx reports.
Growing Up with Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed writes about her experiences, in childhood and later, of the holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the day that Texas…
Is Vladimir Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?
Isaac Chotiner interviews Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about growing domestic discontent in Russia…
“Widow’s Bay” Sets a High Bar for Horror Comedy
Rachel Syme reviews “Widow’s Bay,” a horror-comedy series on Apple TV written by Katie Dippold and starring Matthew Rhys.
“The Invite” Is a Witty Relationship Comedy That Could Be Wilder
Justin Chang reviews Olivia Wilde’s new movie about the collision of two very different couples, in which an evening of…
“Toy Story 5” Won’t Leave Kids to Their Own Devices
Justin Chang reviews “Toy Story 5,” in which Jessie, Woody, and Buzz Lightyear confront a looming threat—screen time—that’s changing the…
The Dance Legend Lucinda Childs’s “Momentary Reprise”
Also: the images of Yves Saint Laurent, “Girl, Interrupted” reviewed, the fusionist wonderland of Tortoise, and more.
J. D. Vance’s Contemptuous Conversion Memoir
“Communion” tells the story of Vance's decision to become Catholic, but it’s strangely distasteful of the faith he has joined.…